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the utility could face criminal charges that include failing to clear vegetation from a power loin or pole, starting a wildfire, involuntary manslaughter, or implied malice, murder. the last three are felonies. but what would happen if pg&e was convicted of murder? we asked retired judge ledoris cornell. >> even if it's a murder conviction against the corporation, the corporation is not going to prison. nobody's going to prison. the courts are left with putting more probation on the corporation, meaning we've got jurisdiction over you for maybe another five years, so we can monitor what you do; more fines; and also maybe breaking up pg and e. maybe that is within the jurisdiction. i'm not sure it's within the jurisdiction of the federal judge, but it could be, to say, "you can't continue to operate like this, because too many lives have been lost." >> the camp fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the
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state's history. the inmate who walked away from san quenton is back behind bars tonight. shalom mendosa was apprehended this afternoon at a taco bell in pasa robes. he had been on the run since wednesday when he walked away from his work detail. a little later, mendosa investigators say carjacked a woman in san rafael. yesterday, the victim told us about that encounter. >> said, "give me the key. i have a gun. if not i'm going to kill you." just like this, "i have the gun. give me the key. if not, i'm going to kill you." he jumped into the car. >> she said mendosa let her take her phone and her dog before speeding away. chp found the suv abandoned yesterday. about 40 minutes earlier, mendosa was spotted buying dark clothing at a dollar tree store a little north
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of pasa roles, in nearby san miguel. detectives believe he was trying to make it to los angeles. that's where he understand the five-year sentence he understand in san quenton for carjackerring. tonight, police in pal low alto are on the hunt for a man who grabbed a woman from behind, threw her to the ground and sexual assaulted her. take a good look at the surveillance photo. the victim told police she was attacked after 3 this morning as she walked from her car to a friend's house. her boyfriend was inside the apartment. he heard her screams, rushed out, and chased the man away. the woman was not seriously hurt. the suspect is described as 25 to 35 years old, about 5, 11, with a muscular build. he has dark hair, dark eyes. if you know who he is, give palo alto police a call. a space heart is being blamed for this house fire. the family of three who lived there made it out okay, but their two dogs died. the fire broke out just before
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6 this morning. firefighters had it out within about 20 minutes. that was long enough to destroy the first floor and badly damage the second story. and let's turn to the weather. a live look oversan francisco bay from the transamerica cam, as we have clear skies. clear skies means it's going to be cool tonight. a bit of a chill in the air. not only tonight, but also on move, as we have your first look at the move forecast, and it is looking dry. dry, but on the chilly side. around the coast at midnight, it will be in the upper 40s. pretty much the bay around the shore line. inland, it will be down to the low 40s. if you are one of the mait embarcadero in san francisco, start out at 7:00 p.m. at 52 degrees, clear. and then, by midnight, down to about 47, and also cool ? >> the partial government shut down rolls into yet another day, the effects of running head listening into holiday vacations, the parking lot at mirror beach allegedly full according to the sign,
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but in actuality, locked up and empty, forcing those into traffic jams and fender benders on crumbling single-track marin roads. >> it's rally frustrating everything is closed. we've tried to go to all these different places around san francisco, and they're all shut down. >> especially with how many tourists there are this time of the year and how beautiful of the day it is, it's kind of ridiculous they're shutting down such a big parking lot. >> the overflow from locked up lot -- other places like mirror woods were crowded, but relatively pain-free, while other hot spots were open, minus the bathrooms. thousands of u.s. coast guard members may have to work without pay. starting next year, the agency is telling active duty members and reservists they will get paid on december 31st, but an act of congress will be necessary to meet the following pay date on january 15th. the coast guard relies on funding from the department of homeland security, which is affected by the shut down.
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new numbers show bay area home sales are in a little bit of a slump. according to the research firm, core logic, sales dropped by 15% in november compared to last november. and that's a continuation of a downward trend that's been going on since june, and it includes the high end of the market. last month's sales of homes priced above a million dollars were down by about 10%. key factors include higher mortgage rates, and volatility in the stock market, check leave some buyers short of funds. well, now to an emotional day for the family of a toddler who spent the final days of his life at the center of the national immigration debate. just days after his mother arrived to say her final good-byes, two-year-old abdul la hassan was laid to rest. don ford was there. >> reporter: hundreds of people gathered today at the islamic center in low die to pay respects and lay to rest abdul la hassan.
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the father received comfort from friends and family as he stood near the black hears containing his dead son-in-law. moments later, that casket was carried into the mosque as a formal funeral service started. the boy and his father are american services. his mother is not. she is from yemen, one of the countries named in the government's travel banal. the council on american islamic relations, known as care, went to the court, and obtained an emergency visa so she could be with her son just before he died of a serious brain condition. >> very close to seeing the unimaginable, which was having to be separated while their baby died. and, you know, we're very ed . heime, i think all of us are thinking, if the ban wasn't in place to begin with, abdula and his mother would have been probably been here a year ago. >> "we want to thank everyone for their love and support at this difficult
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time." at the cemetery, the ceremony was a simple but emotional one, as ali lowered the body of his son into the ground when a large group of muslim men chanted prayers for the family. in lodi, don ford, kpix 5. no matter which team wins the championship at levi stadium, one thing is for sure. it will be a tidy bowl. the massive clean-up effort. >> and the bandi booked in jail, accused of stealing a hundred thousands dollars worth of library materials. >> and a new law taking aim at custody battles during a divorce, but it has nothing to do with kids.
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transit agency is cleaning up a stretch of highway 87 between the airport and downtown san jose, and kpix 5's devon feely shows us that clean up comes just ahead of the big national championship game. >> reporter: what would you do if you were going to have a big group of football fans over to your house? you'd probably do a little bit of house cleaning. and with tens of thousands of financials expected to descend on the south bay for the national championship game, caltrans and the city of san jose are doing exactly the same. caltrans announced it's launching a clean-up effort for this stretch of highway 87 between the airport downtown sa
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not coincidentally, the route most college football fans are likely to take from the airport to their hotel, and then out to levi stadium. >> i wish caltrans would be working harolder at making our highways cleaner and taking out the graffiti much faster than they currently do. >> reporter: more than a hundred thousands people are expected to attend the game or take part in the con sorts or other activities planned. unlike the super bowl a few years ago, the south bay this time will be center stage. >> we've been in the shadow of san francisco, and i don't think that's the case anymore. san jose has come out of the shadow. we've come into our own. a lot le donze levi stadium is much closer to san jose, santa clara than is san francisco. >> reporter: city leaders hope that geography will give them an added advantage. they predict the impact of next monday's college championship could rival and programs even surpass the super bowl. >> most of us think it's a bigger deal than the super bowl, because it actually -- the people that are going to be enjoying this game are actually in our hotels. they're eating at our
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restaurants. they're enjoying our venues here in san jose. >> reporter: city leaders here in san jose say they are optimistic that this game will have an even bigger impact than the super bowl from a few years ago, and they say they are confident of the tourists and the money they spend will largely stay here in the south bay. in san jose, devon feely, kpix 5. it's not just kids who get caught up in custody battles. a new state law that's about to take effect will allow judges to decide who gets the dog. >> reporter: many people love their pets, just like any other mobile of the family. >> these guys are like your children. >> reporter: rce, who gets to keep the dogs, cats, and other animals is often one of the most emotional and contentious issues. >> it's very tough. i can see in a situation like that, it can probably get ugly. >> every time i come around, he wants to go back with me, and, you know, it's like my kid.
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>> reporter: family law attorney says under current california law, judges are forced to consider pets as community property. >> they haven't really looked into the details of what's best for the pet itself, because it's been treated more, you know, like a peels of furniture. >> reporter: but now a new law is allowing courts to decide what's in the pets' best interest. >> the judge really is looking at the pet as a family member, and considering, you know, which of the two parties is actually going to care for the pet more. >> reporter: it's a new law many animal lovers support. >> they aren't a piece of furniture. they have feelings and emotions. >> i think it needs to be taken into csidera reporter: bthsome concern the new requirement could add an extra burden to a divorce and further slow the process >> there's already so much backlog in the family law courts. >> reporter: but in the end, it's a new way for courts to rule, hoping to make
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divorces a little less run. >> the new law takes effect january 1st. we have a nice clear night underway in the bay area, and temperatures are going to collect later in the day today. look at that. there's waves at the beach. what will they think of next? at ocean beach, they had basically a beach advisory statement, saying there could be sneaker waves because of an elevated swale. that warning was allowed to expire at sunset. and brush your teeth. san francisco, 60 drees, oakland 62, san jose at 62. as we look over the city right now, the number is 51 de at. vermore, 49, and san francisco 53, and san jose has 52 degrees now. wind advisories are posted throughout the bay area. not for tonight. this will be in effect by tomorrow night through
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tuesday morning. and those gusts at the higher elevations could reach 70 miles an hour. so that introduces the threat of downed lines and trees as well. the winds will begin to edge up tomorrow. out the door tomorrow morning, it is going to be chilly. temperatures 37 degrees inland, and low 40s around the bay. shoreline will be in the mid- 40s. that's to start things out. we're going to puck up the winds because of high pressure building in over the eastern pacific. as it moves over the west coast and out there toward nevada and idaho, that low pressure will take its place, and that battle between the high and the low means that the winds will pick up by tomorrow night. you'd think that low getting closer might suggest a chance of rain. that,, too, would be wrong. looks like it' going to be dry for the rest of the week. partly cloudy and chilly tonight. sunny and windy for sunday through tuesday. and the highs all week staying in the 50s. a nice day to take out the
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kids, yourself to skate. i'm curious. we've been talking about these downtown ices since, i think, 1980. andrea, juliet, have either one of you taken the kids out to skate? you did? where? >> right over there in san rafael. >> but we're not promoting that one. >> sorry. >> we did the indoor one, and they lasted about 45 minutes. >> okay. i feel my work is not wasted. also at union square in san francisco. walnut creek nice as well. and the red box bull is coming up at levi stadium. that happens at noon on monday. a high noon show down. 58 degrees, and fairly pleasant day r a football game. lows tonight, it will be chilly. 37 degrees at santa rosa. same for fairfield, and livermore, 36, and 34 for san francisco. sun up at 7:45 on your sunday morning. forecast highs, upper 50s, and a low of 60 or 2. and happy new year for 2019. it will be.
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it's looking like it will be about in the 40s around midnight on move. extended forecast, sun all week long. as we get into next week, we -- beth the clouds and the plot thickens. there's a hint that it might get wet, and there's also a bigger hint that it went. stay tuned. in the meantime, looks high and dry. whoa baby, yes. he came home from the hospital the size of the average six-month-old. the newborn who tipped the scales at 15 pounds. >> and the sharks get eric carlson back after a 2-game suspension, he makes an impact right away. >> the college football play offs have begun. we know one of the teams coming to levi stadium for the championship game. probably both of the teams now. we'll be right back.
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tielon murray and the suiters are facing alabama. some experts are saying, if murray has a good game, it might persuade him to pursue football as well as play for the oakland as. clemson facing notre dame. it's the 1st game between unbeaten teams in play offs history. early 2nd quarter, tied at 3. quarterback trevor lawrence gets it to justin ross, who breaks 2 tackles, and he scores from 52 yards out. it's 9-3 clemson. final seconds of the half, now 16-3. lawrence's pass is tipped, but t higgins comes down with it. a 19-yard td pass gives the tigers a lead. travis eton hit the hole and blows past the defender, and puts the game away with a 62-yard
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touchdown run. clemson advances to next monday's national championship. jim harbaugh and michigan meeting florida in the peach bowl. the wolverines leading 10-6. felipe fraction goes up the middle for a 20-yard td run, giving florida a 13-10 lead. 4th quarter now, 27-13 gators. on 3rd and 20, michael pelie goes 53 yards for the touchdown, and florida crushes michigan 41-50. harbaugh and the: "ravines lose their final 2 games. santa clara talking on washington state in the snow-covered spokane. the broncos up 6. taj idi nails the jumper. their 2nd win this season over a pac 12 school. well, the sharks' eric carlson was out last 2 games after being suspended for
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a hit on austin wagner. carlson returned to action this afternoon, and so manylessly picked up where he left off. carlson and the sharks visiting edmonton. 2nd period, carlson with a shot from the blue line. and this one just goes through. it's only carlson's 3rd goal of the year. that makes it 4-1 san jose. 3rd period now, ev,nder cane moves behind the net and leaves a bad for logan cuture. it was 6-1 sharks. later in the same period, carlson with his 3rd assist of the day to set up carlson for his 2nd goal of the afternoon. san jose goes on to one 7-4 following a 3-game losing streak. the sharks have now won 2 in a row. the 49ers play their final game of the year tomorrow against the rams, and it will be another opportunity to see a glpse of the future. former stanford stand out christian mcafterry's brother has been promoted from the practice squad to replace dante pettis, who was placed on injured reserve. if the 49ers are doing try to
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catch the rams in the nfc in the future, they will have to hit on their draft picks and the free agent market this off seasonal. currently san francisco is projected to have more than $60 million in salary cap space, and quarterback richard sherman plans on recruiting free agents to santa clara. >> i think this is a pretty attractive destination as is. but, you know, money is the best recruiter. but, you know, i give my two cold front. i'll go give the best recruiting pitch, and if they say, "hey, we have $7 for you, it's not going to matter." lks. do the worst recruiting p >> and we still don't know where the raiders will play in 2019, but we do know they will play the last game of the season on the road in kansas city against their division rival. >> we have one opportunity left. against the team that we hate the most, right, guys? they don't like us either, so it's going to be a lot of fun. >> oakland will try and spoil
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quarterback patrick mahone's and the chiefs title homes. majones has thrown for 48 touchdowns, impressing john gr,den. >> i don't know how you can't be the mvp after you look at his body of work. this guy is making throws people haven't seen before. closing down on 50 touchdown passes in your first year as a starter? that's quite amazing. and he's taken care of the ball and won games for the team. if i did have a vote, i would probably stand here in front of these microphones and say i vote for him. >> must have been a tough season for both bay area teams. hopefully next year will be better. >> we shall see. >> thank you. coming up in our next half hoatn ghwants to hop right to the top. >> it's week 2 of the shut down. i'm nicole killian at the white house with how long it could go, and who the president is blaming for the impasse. >> and helping hands. the family of a fallen central
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valley police officer. the organization stepping in tonight to help pay off their home.
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tonight a charitable organization is stepping up to help pay off his mortgage. the foundation is named in memory of a fallen 9/11 firefighter, and raises money for families left behind. when a firefighter or police officer is killed in the line of duty. family, friends, fellow officers gathered for a
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candle light vigil in downtown newman last night. a tearful reggie sing remembered his brother as a dedicated family man. >> from the wife, the family, i'd like to thank all of you guys for everything. >> corporal sing was shot and killed in newman early wednesday morning after pulling over a suspected drunk driver. a state-wide man hunt came to an end yesterday when police arrested 33-year-old gustavo ariaga. he's an undocumented immigrant with two prior duis. . the stanislav sheriff placed >>this is a criminal, illegal t alien with prior criminal activity that should have been reported to ice. i'm suggesting that the out come could have been
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different if law enforcement wasn't restricted, prohibited or had their hands tied because of political interference. former state senate president pro tem kevin de leon authored california's sanctuary statutes. he told our partners not only are those laws not to blame, they're here to stay. >> in a statement at the press conference, he stated that they were and act of war on this individual. if there were active warrants on this individual, he should have physically been in custody prior to the tragic shooting of corporal sing. there's a long list of more than 800 crimes that are eligible for local sheriffs, those in charge of our county jail, counties in california to collaborate and cooperate with ice agents. so there's a lot of leeway to make sure that hardened criminals, individuals who exploit, who victimize other immigrants and nonimmigrants are detained, and turned over to
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ice agents. >> we reached out to homeland security to see if gustav ariaga was ever deported. because that is part of the government shut down, it may be a while before we get that answer. >> as for that partial shut down it's now entered a second week. tonight, president trump has cut his border wall demands in half. democrats say it's still too much. reporter nick killian is at the white house. >> reporter: homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen toured overcrowded detention centers over the weekend where the federal government is holding families. no photographers were allowed to follow her. she's called for screenings of migrants as well as secondary screenings for every child following the deaths of two guatemalan children this month. saturday president trump tweeted: "any deaths or others at the border are strictly the fault of democrats and their pathetic
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immigration policies, allowing people to make the long trek, thinking they can enter our country illegally." the president is pledging to keep the government closed until taxpayers fund a border wall. friday, the president threatened to close the entire southern border. the president is here at the white house, having canceled his annual move party at his private florida club. he agreed to lower his demand from $5 billion to build a border wall, but democrats say the new number, 2.5 billion is still unacceptable. >> the president ought to get over this syndrome of his television show "you're fired," "you're shut down." >> reporter: ectincben rlthe smithsonian institution, which runs 19 museums, will close all locations after the new year. the shut down is forcing hundreds of thousands of federal workers to stay home or work without pay. nicole killian, cbs news, the white house. house democrats have pledged to introduce
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legislation to reopen the government when they take criminal on january 3rd under the leadership of nancy employees say. camela harris could be closer to announcing a presidential run. she is considering baltimore or atlanta as headquarters. the senator is expected to name her 2016 campaign manager juan rodriguez to head up her presidential bid. ''the times" also reports that harris's team is reviewing the senator's paper trail to mike sure she's not exposed to any political vulnerabilities. police ramping up security. party year who is look up are likely to see sharp sm ca count snipers with binoculars, night vision, and high-powered rifles. they'll watch for any sign of potential danger, like an active shooter. the team has spent four months
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training and scouting positions. >> you're going to feel that, knowing we're going to be watching. we're going to be watching the event. and there's another blanket of security, where you're in the beginning know we ore there, but trust us we're there. >> officers will fly drones over the area and monitor feeds from more than a thousands security cameras. people coming into times square on monday have to go through designated entry points, where each person is searched. tonight, a possible malwear attack has disrupted deliveries at california's biggest newspaper. ''the l.a. times" says a computer virus infected systems at a printing plant. the problem prevented some deliveries of today's paper, and it could still be an issue tomorrow. is also affected. the united states postal service is offering a $10,000 rewardtonight to help find and convict the people responsible for a slew of mail and package burglaries in the central valley heading into the
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holidays. >> these are both federal offenses, the burglarizing of the post offices, and a couple of these burglaries, the theft of the mail. and in those cases, potential penalty of up to five years in federal prison, and up to $250,000 fine. >> the last two burglaries that were reported happened on christmas day. still to come, a bay area fisherman with a heart of gold, hisrouse gesture to feed the hungry, and why he initially had trouble to get people to take him up on his offer. >> this was a bulletin from eyewitness news. patty hearst has been found guilty as charged. >> and he was the man before mack. as kpix 5 celebrates 7 0 years of stories, we look back on one of the storied careers of one of our most famous faces.
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when the fishing boats pull in at san francisco's pier 47, you'll find some of the freshest fish in the bay, but it's not all for sale. >> kpix 5 anchor kenny choi met one fisherman who gives part of every catch away for free to feed the less fortunate. >> reporter: already hard at work several uideck of his boat, and you'll find out this guy knows fish. >> there's not a lot of photosynthesis, where these fish are. they have to recycle their own proteins. >> reporter: it doesn't take much time to sense his
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child-like heart, endless energy, and hear his hearty laugh. these things pack a punch. you know, this is when size does not matter. >> reporter: his enthusiasm makes me get just a bit closer. >> is this a snap? >> yeah. this is actually a big what we call a flag rock. >> beautiful. >> reporter: since he was eight years old, guisepp afternoon has been working on boats. >> if you can get your knife in there, you run it down the spine and then peel it. >> reporter: and selling. it's been a long and hard life as a fisherman. >> i don't know of any job that you would have to put in this many hours, and it's just this dangerous. >> reporter: that hardship hasn't hardened his heart. two years ago, guiseppe started giving away fish the way his mom once did. >> the nuns would be taking it, using the to feed people. >> reporter: but at first, no one returned his calls. >> exactly what are you offering me? >> reporter: you might call it
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divine intervention. someone at a church finally answered. >> i catch all these fish, and i thought maybe you guys might like to -- >> it's almost like a little holiday when he comes in, because he pulls up with his truck, and everybody kind of gathers around. >> everybody is just shocked. >> reporter: it's tuesday. guiseppe hasn't slept much since his ship came in days ago, but some 3,000 pounds of official still need to be filleted. >> you guys like the big knives. >> it all starts here. you've got to get it cleaned. >> reporter: more than seven hours and dozens of volunteers slicing and dicing it, it's time to fry and feed. the lines start inside, but reach all the way to the corner of the block on fish fridays. >> fish is nothing more than a blessing from god's finger tips. >> reporter: the taste is sweeter for the giver. >> when you bring the fish in there and you know they were going to have the fish on that friday, they just light up.
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>> reporter: what would you do if he didn't have this couldn't of a program? >> eat out of the dumpsters a lot. >> it's so easy for someone's life to change in just a second. >> reporter: he still works a second job as a refairman to make ends meet, but his life as change. back on the boat, he talked more about why as he teaches me like a good fisherman should. >> joe made it look so easy. >> do you pray a lot? >> you've got to. >> what do you pray for? erso many people. >> you start to get to kind of know humanity at a different level. >> reporter: a higher calling for a man who has seen so many lows, but endlessly up lifts those around him. in san francisco, kenny choi, kpix 5 news. >> guiseppe donates more than 45,000 pounds of fish every year, an estimated annual value of 150 to
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$200,000. his name is ali, and he is laying in one for the record books. the newborn giving his mom quite a work out just holding him. that's next. >> talk about an extended forecast. we'll have it all the way into 2019 when the newscast continues.
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an unusual crime out of sacramento county, where a man is accused of stealing $100,000 worth of books from a library. earlier this week, deputies found more than 2,600 books and more than 3,800 dvds at the suspect's home. library's director said the staff found the man on their surveillance video and they started investigating after several books went missing. >> when was this happening? how was this happening? who might be doing this? >> we had no idea what the suspect was planning to do with these books. >> the 46-year-old suspect was released on bail, and faces charges of felony shoplifting and grand theft. just in time for the new year, a texas family is celebrating their new addition, but gulma avilos shows us there's nothing little about this little one. >> reporter: right now, baby ali is nearly twice the size of an average newborn, but
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this baby boy is anything but average. >> he's my special little baby. >> reporter: he came into the world just shy of 15 pounds, weighing in at 14 pounds and 1 ounces, breaking a record at arlington memorial hospital. >> i was, like,, "oh, my god. really? ." >> reporter: jennifer and eric said they were anticipating a bigger than average baby. after all, big sister anna bell weighed 9 pounds, 10-ounces at birth. >> we heard an "oh, my" behind the curtain. >> reporter: ali was born via c south carolina. mom said she had a very healthy pregnancy. ali did spend a week in the nucu because low. t doestter how big he is. i'm so blessed to have h is maysdoctora family would be a long shot. >> we tried anyway, and parade.
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our last treatment, they said my folicle turned into a cyst. they're wrong. it turned into her. >> reporter: the family was getting ready to start the process again when they learned they were expecting ali. >> i love proving people wrong. >> reporter: they are already planning his future based on his size. >> he is meant for something big. maybe not football. everybody comes saying that. >> baby ali is perfectly healthy and settling into life at home, though he's probably out grown most of his baby clothes. brian? >> that's a big baby. >> that is. certainly got your attention. >> oh, boy. as we've got fairly clear weather for the bay area this week, clear, but cold. and that will include move. the first move forecast for you shows that by the night of december 31st, at 11:59:00 p.m., the coast will be about 48 degrees. around the bay shoreline, 47 degrees, and end land
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best part is it does look clear. so all of the fireworks display celebrating the beginning of 2017 -- 2019 are all looking good. and the move forecast, you're headed to the embarcadero, joining tens of thousands that will greet the new year, it will be mostly clear at 7:00, and a temperature of about 52. if you have dinner. then, by midnight, it will be 47. as we look toward the golden gate bridge, the highs today pretty much on the cool side, but right where we should be for the last we can of deals. upper 50ss and low 60s. the name is for san jose. san francisco at 60 degrees, and livermore will hit 60 as well. as we look toward the city hall, right now in concord, it's 51 degrees. oak's got 53. and at livermore it's 49. san jose 52 degrees, and santa rosa, 49. there's a wind advisory posted not for tonight, but
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high pressure begins to move. in the battle between the high and the low means winds are going to be picking up. in some cases, at the highest elevations will get the highest gusts. the threat, up to 70 miles an hour. and winds down below, 20 to 35 from the north. so that introduces the threat of downed trees and power lines. that's for tomorrow night and for monday morning. out the door tomorrow, we'll be seeing temperatures ranging from 44 at the shoreline. d inland, about 37degrees. so a chilly start to sunday morning. here's the situation. that spinning low out in the pacific is what's going to be pushing aside the high. so we'll get sunny weather, but we will get windy weather by sunday night, monday morning, and it looks nice and clear for the most part. a few low clouds will be around at the coast. sunny and on the windy side as tuy,and highs will rema in the mid-50s with cool conditions.
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overnight lows, santa rosa, 37, 36 at napa, 37 at fairfield. concord is down to 37, and san jose tonight, 38 degrees. so pretty cool tonight. sun up tomorrow morning at 7:25:00 a.m. and forecast highs for tomorrow will all be within a degree or 2 of 60. in napa tomorrow, 59 degrees. in concord, 59. livermore will be up to 59 degrees, 60 in san jose, and 59 degrees in livermore. redwood city, former home of the national weather service before it got booted down -- not booted. like everybody else, they needed to find a cheaper place to live. national weather service down at the naval post graduate school in monterey. extended forecast, we're going to be looking for move to be in the 40s for everybody, nny until get to friday and saturday, partly cloudy skies into the bay area. upper 50s. but the rest of the time, a little bit cooler on tuesday and wednesday. but not a big deal.
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it looks sunny. and it also looks dry. there is no rain coming into the bay area. doesn't look like it anyway for the first week of 2019. we get a break from that. also get a break from the newscast. we'll be back with a look back at one of the most famous anchors in kpix history. male voice: put the keys down, kevin. but i'm gonna drive home. i guess i have really been looking forove in this dating app. yep, i'm definitely going to call a ride home. [door shuts]
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tonight condition basia informs us about one of our favorites. >> reporter: at kpix 5 in san francisco, over the years, the bay area has seen quite a crop of news anchors. >> this is the place for news, news. >> reporter: from the pioneering girl on the beat
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wanda raimey to yours truly when i used to rock a lot more hair. >> good evening. welcome to our eyewitness news special report. >> reporter: remember dave mcillhatten? he anchored our evening news for decades. but what about the man before mac? >> good evening. it's 6:00 in the bay area. >> reporter: stan borman. he was a talk show host. >> eyewitness news want to know why. >> reporter: investigative reporter. >> patty hearst has just been found guilty as charged. >> reporter: and in the mid-70s our number-one newscaster. tan was, in mymind, the e anchors that kxix ever had. >> reporter: dave borman is his son-in-law. while he may harbor bias in favor of his dad, take a listen. >> one of the key issues before the jury was whether or not a gun was being point at
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patty during the robbery. thirty-five years ago today, the japanese attacked pearl harbor. >> reporter: folks say borman could read a phone book and make it sound important. but this guy was much more than a voice. as an investigative journalist, he was always in control of the facts. >> there were tell low prompters that had scripts, but he was, i think, more comfortable without the script, because he understood the story. he understood why it was important. >> reporter: before his gig at credit cardpix -- >> man, that's coffee. >> reporter: borma n hosted a logecalled "tempo." was cutting edge, fast- filbin paced, and controversial. borman brought a very liberal voice to tv. >> the justice department used the nation's court to restrain the country's free
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press from publishing news stories. >> reporter: military analyst daniel elsburg, what released the top secret pentagon papers. >> i, as a black man -- >> reporter: and the legendary entertainer sammy davis, junior. >> like the white people can't live without the black. i don't think the black people can live without the white. >> reporter: borman left his politics at the door. at the news desk, he stood out for his smarts. >> he made a mark on kpix, and people around then really watched and really carried about it. >> reporter: while newsrooms were not yet computerized, the technology was quickly evolving. >> it's waiting for the great debate that's going to take place here at the palace of fine arts in san francisco in a half an hour, and we're waiting, too. >> reporter: live camera remotes took off. kpix news called it the instant eye. >> on the scene of our instant eye mini cams covering the activities around tonight's
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debate. >> when the instant eyes began to be used, it opened up a whole new world of news coverage across the city. >> let's check right back in with andy park and lynn joiner at the airport. >> reporter: in 1975, kpux blew away the competition with this live remote as the vietnam war drew to a close. >> behind us, you see the process of deplaning the orphans continues. >> reporter: a dca cargo plane had just landed at oakland international airport. on board, 57 vietnamese babies, and children believed abandoned or orphaned. it was called operation baby lift. >> in addition the live exclusive coverage we just had, we had three film crews out there. >> reporter: kpix was the only tv station capable of carrying these images live. >> i'm sam borman. have a good night. see you tomorrow at 6:00. >> reporter: sam borman left channel 5 to get off the anchor desk and delve more
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deeply into investigative reporting. >> two members of the i team were driving past mayor rizzo's house. >> reporter: at our sister station in philadelphia, he had and epic show down with the former mayor, frank rizzo. >> can we talk with you for a moment? >> no. i'm busy. >> i wouldn't talk with you under any conditions. >> why is that, sir? >> forget it. scram. >> reporter: the news man and his team exposed how rizzo used police officers to do his personal chores. rizzo tried to smash a hidden camera, but the footage survived. as for david borman, he's a chip off the old block. >> i've been able to produce some of the great amazing events over the last 40 years at all the networks. >> reporter: borman is in the business. he's created almost a dozen new national tv news programs, and has changed how major networks cover
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elections. >> let's go over to john king. >> reporter: during the 2008 presidential election, porman introduced the use of a magic wall at cnn. >> live in grand park. >> reporter: as well as the first real-time hollow gram, where black eyed peas will i am was beamed on to cnn to talk with anderson cooper. borman tips his hat to hised the. >> he was great on the air. he was a great broadcaster. >> reporter: in san francisco, i'm ken bastita, kpix 5. >> sam borman died in 1994. by the way, when the tv show "streets of san francisco" was filmed in lastar watched borman on our news. he later cast him as an anchor in the oscar-nominated movie "the china syndrome."
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. we'll be back at 11:00.
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